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MR.  GAITHER'S  SUBSTITUTE   FOR    BILL   TO    IN- 
CREASE  THE  ARMY. 


Strike  out   all  of  the  original  bill,  after  the  title,  and  sub- 
stitute the  following  : 

1  Section  1.    The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 

•1  America  do  enact.    That  whenever  the  President  i 

3  consider  an  increase  of  the  forces  in  the  field  necessary^ 

4  to  repel  invasions,  or  for  the  public  sni'eiy  in  the  pending 

0  war,  lie  is  authorized  to  call  upon  the  several   State      in 

6  his  discretion,  for  any  number  of  troops  to  serve  for  the 

7  term  of  three  years  or  during  the  war. 

1  Sec.  2.  In  making  such  requisition,  the  President  shall 

2  take  into  consideration  the  number  of  troops  from  each 

3  State   already  enlisted   for  the  war,  at   the  time  of  the 

4  requisition,  and  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  equalize  the 

5  same  amongst  the  States  according    to  their  resped 
G  population. 

1  Sec.  3.  That  all  such  troops  shall  he  assigned  to,  and 


2  and    form  part  of,  the  companies,  squadrons,  battalions, 

3  and  regiments  heretofore  raised  in  their  respective  States 

4  and  now  in  the  service  of   the   Confederate   States,  and 
■>  the  number  that  may  remain  from  any  State  after  filling 

'6  up   existing  companies,  squadrons,  battalions,  and   regi- 

7  ments  from  such  State  to  their  maximum  legal   number 

8  shall  be  organized  into  companies,  squadrons,  battalions, 
!>  and  regiments,  as   the  case   may  be,  under  the    laws    of 

1<>  such  State. 

1  Sec  4.  That  if  the  Governor  of  any  State  shall  refuse 

2  or  fail  for days,  after  any  such  call    shall   have 

o  been   made  upon  him    by  the  President,  to  comply  with 

-i  said  requisition,  then  all  white  male  citizens  between  the 

0  ages  of  thirty-live  and  forty-five  years,  in  such  State,  are 

6  hereby   made   subject,  in  all  respects,  to  an  act  entitled 

'7  "An  act  further  to    provide    lor    the    public  defence," 

8  approved  April  16,  1862,  and  the  President  is  authorized 

0  to    enforce  said   act  against  such    persons.     And,  in  the 

TO  event,  at  any  time,  if   it    shall  happen   that  any  of   the 

11  States  shall  have  no  Governor  for  the  time  being,  upon 

12  whom  the    President  can  make  such  call,  then   all    the 
1'8  white  male  citizens  of  such  State,  between  the  ages  of 


14  thirty-five  and  forty-five  years,  are  made  subject  to  the 

15  said  act,  and   the  President  is  authorized   to  enforce    it 

16  against  such  persons. 

1  Sec.  5.  That  the  persons  brought  into  military  service 

2  by  this  act  shall  be  assigned  to  the  company  from   their 

3  State  now  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  which 
-t  they  may  prefer  to  join,  subject  to  such    regulations  as 

5  the  Secretary  of  War  may  establish,  to  secure  the  filling 

6  up  of  existing  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regi- 

7  ments,  from  the  respective  Slates  :  Provided,   That  per- 

8  sons  liable  to  military  service  under  the  provisions  of  this 

9  act  and  able-bodied  men  over  the  age  of  forty-five  years 

10  may  volunteer  and  be  assigned  to  duty  in  such  company 

11  from   their   State  as    they   may    select:    Provided,   That 

12  said  company  shall   not,  by  reason   thereof,  be  increased 

13  beyond  its  legal  maximum  number  :  And  provided  fur- 
1  4  ther,  That  the  right  of  volunteering  in,  or  being  assigned 

15  to,  an}'  company  shall  not  interfere   with  the   objects  of 

16  this  act  or  produce  inequality  or  confusion  in  the  differ— 

17  ent  arms  of  military  service. 

1  Sec.  6.  That  a  bounty  of  fifty  dollars  be.  ami  the  same 

2  is  hereby,  granted  to  each  person    mustered  into  service 


I 

3  under  this  act,  or  who  has  been   or  may  hereafter    be, 

4  must  lid  act  of   the  16th  April, 

5  1862,  the  same  being  due  each  persou  from  the  time  he 

6  is  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  State 


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